mini herb garden - cherry tomatoes

Mini herb garden - cherry tomatoes
                                               

                                              



                                                             Tomatoes on the windowsill


In the supermarket produce department, we often see baskets with crumbs, cherry tomatoes. They look very attractive, even decorative, much to the taste ... Few people will remain indifferent, try this fragrant, thin-skinned, sweet vegetable! You can try to grow cherry tomatoes on the window sill, and to help you avoid common mistakes, I will give a few tips.

So, for the cultivation of cherry tomatoes on the windowsill, you will need:

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Choose containers for growing (better cylindrical shape than square or rectangular - they are worse filled root system) and fill them with nutritious soil;
    * Choose the illuminated sill (preferably northern and western), arrange additional lighting (preferably with a source of short red and blue light) - with a lack of light fall off the buds;
    * Seeds planted in trays, covered with plastic wrap, until germination trays to keep in a dark and warm (25-30 degrees) place, then the film is removed, after the two "real" dive and leaves of plants are planted in a permanent place;
    * After planting for permanent care for seedlings as well as in the open field - watering pasynkovaniya, feeding, disease control;
    * If desired, and the necessary skills tomatoes in the home can be grown hydroponically.

By following these simple rules, you should be able to get healthy fruiting cherry tomatoes on the windowsill.


Iodine for tomatoes

Plants need for iodine is extremely low , and usually they have enough micro-doses of this element present in any soil , so special micronutrients iodine does not exist.

 However, the ratio of tomatoes to iodine special . If growing seedlings to water the plants once a weak solution of iodine - 1 drop of iodine solution pharmacy 3 liters of water , flower brush grow faster and are more branched, with a large number of ovaries .

The fruit of them are formed by 10-15% larger and ripen for a few days before.
 When tying subsequent brushes already in the ground tomatoes also helpful to pour the root of iodine water rate of 3 drops in a bucket at 1 liter per plant.

                                                                        


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